The 75th anniversary celebration of the creation of Batman continues with one of Masked Manhunter's biggest cinematic adventures. Batman 1989 was a return to dark and gritty form for the Bat in the mainstream media with then-up-and-coming director enlisting Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson to launch the venerated superhero franchise on the big screen. It was a formative film for the Geek Out gang as they were all young when the film first debuted and had a particularly large impact on Jake who still cites the film as a favorite of Batman's big screen adventures, especially when nostalgia is factored into the equation.